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I agree that what they did was nothing short of mathmagical, however their implementation was much more than just controlling multiple to move in a predetermined direction. They also generated the paths and made it look like something a living swarm with a hive mind would produce. In the...

I agree that what they did was nothing short of mathmagical, however their implementation was much more than just controlling multiple to move in a predetermined direction. They also generated the paths and made it look like something a living swarm with a hive mind would produce. In the...

You forget about another option in the client/server configuration. You have all of the quadcopters report to the ground station (central controller, could be a laptop) with whatever sensor data they have such as GPS, and whatever assortment of sensors you decide for improved flight or...

We obviously need more details, but if it requires either one pilot controlling several or one auto pilot controlling several then the only real option would be to have a centralized computer tell multiple multirotors what to do based off it's centralizes auto pilot or based off from user input...

You'd need a way to determine relative location to each other to avoid bumping into themselves. NFC could be used I suppose to give warning and make them keep away.

Define blowing out? Are you burning out the SMD regulator or just something in the circuit? We need to see what all you are pulling from them and how you are connecting them. You might be pulling too much, wiring them wrong or if you meant the SMD component you might have a problem...

Looks like you are shorting to the frame or judging by the soldering you might have a short by bridging. In the first picture it looks like the solder is touching the nut. Also you need to know and remember that carbon fiber is conductive, looks like the bare ESCs are against the carbon...

Budget?

Are you looking at some sort of swarm tech? There may be open source software for that. Also how many is multiple and what type of control will you be needing?

How many are we talking about? You could do tagged traffic, or a kinda ADhoc system with a client server relationship. Either way the use will be limited and the cost and complexity will be higher.

If you have a house fire I doubt it is going to be lipos with a setup like this hahaha. Awesome setup though. Wonder if a cheaper, smaller (3D printer or smaller size) battery bunker could be made. Sounds like a really good idea, even if it wont stop the heat from the runaway reaction...

Just make sure to not short them and don't save a bad battery. By not shorting them that includes making sure not to close the lid to the ammo can that you store all of your lipos in right on the lead, heard of that happening. Which is the next point, try to have a good place to store and...

Generally you have to read up on it or look at the specs as to what it requires. So if it needs 5v ou can wire it up to the BEC, or if it needs 11 - 16 you can use 3S - 4S batteries. Just a couple of examples, they generally tell you what it will work with and allow you to figure out how...

When and who did you get it from? If you are talking about a FrSky Taranis Plus then you must have a bad or maybe need to update firmware. What sort of problems are you having. Are they related to binding, sending inputs, power related , ect.? You need to be a little more specific...

Pretty much said everything I was going to say. For the build that those motors would best suit I'd avoid using 2S batteries, especially ones that small. You'd likely end up with a slow build that doesn't have enough overhead to lift any payload such as camera equipment. You need to get...

I doubt it will be better. They are Li-Ion rather than Lipos. Li-ion has the ability to discharge to a lower voltage, but the Syma probably can't take advantage of that due to the low voltage cutoff. They are also pretty heavy for their size, the required socket won't help that either...

Quadcopter sub anyone? Would use a submersible quadcopter and could even make the body hollow and add a valve and little 5v pump to control buoyancy. Light enough to fly, heavy enough to sink, expensive enough to hurt when it gets lost :P

Whether or not we had the FAA's approval we would have no problem shooting one down over our restricted airspace. Especially if we believe it to be a threat. Chances are if you are flying near an airport without prior approval, over emergency response personnel (like a wild fire), or in...

Going to venture a guess at not that strong hahahaha.

I'd avoid automotive LEDs, some vehicles require resistors to make them draw a little more current to make the computer recognize that is not a bad build, that is mostly for the retro fit type though so you should be good as long as they don't have some crazy power consumption. Also they are...